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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Ben Gatrelle (<Fns2s8.Jqs@lugnet.com>) wrote at 21:09:44 (...) And have you noticed the grey R2D2 body pieces at the back of the lasers? (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | LEOG (was: Re: Rose Parade Float)
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(...) Typos are fun sometimes! I like the name "LEOG" :) If TLC ever produces a Flintstones-style theme with cavemen and dinosaurs[1] (this has been on my wish list for years!!!), I think Leog would be a great name for one of the characters. :) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A few questions...
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I don't want arial photography, I want to launch a robot a great distance, have it land, deploy, and start taking pics. Similar to the pathfinder mission, but on (obviously) a much smaller scale. I was wondering if anybody had built a container (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A few questions...
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(...) They still do, called ASTROCAM. They used to make one that shot on 16mm film, called a CINIROC (I've had one in my hands, never launched one though...they are a heavy beast!). Why try to make one out of lego when there is a good lightweight (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Return to Lego!
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"Marco Beri" <marcob@equalis.it> wrote in message news:3872fd51.408780...net.com... (...) Non se ne parla nemmeno. Anzi, in una economia come la nostra, fondata sul baratto ;-), sarebbe certamente preferibile uno scambio ad un pagamento......... -- (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: A few questions...
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From: "Dan Novy" <nutw4dlj@idt.net> (...) Estes used to sell a rocket that did this mechanically and had its own camera. A system that would be easier on your RCX and camera can be built using a kite. There are many pages on Kite Aerial Photography (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego on CNN Headline News!
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(...) COOL! Maybe they'll rerun it again a few times tonight -- what part of the hour was it when you saw it? --Todd p.s. It's neither Mitchell nor Michael -- he spells it Mitchel with one 'l'. (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Service Catalog gone from lego.com
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Roger Hamlett (<Fnrsuy.119@lugnet.com>) wrote at 17:35:22 (...) There were no service leaflets in any of the Castle sets I bought just before Christmas. And I think I bought all of them. The Destroyer Droid (8002) didn't have one (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Swearing?
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Laura Gjovaag (<Pine.SUN.3.96.1000...250.1332G- 100000@eskimo.com>) wrote at 18:56:39 (...) Define. To quote in full: 5. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego World Shop closure!!
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Commotion in Kent. They are one of the main suppliers of Dacta. When I asked about spares at LLW, they gave me Commotion's phone number, not a LEGO one. It is: 01732-773399. They sell all the sensors as spares, but I can't find the current catalogue (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Destroyer Droid - anyone got the back leg working properly?
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On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Huw Millington (<FnqBxp.Hpu@lugnet.com>) wrote at 22:27:38 (...) I had another play with it last night, and only got it to open properly twice, one of which was upside down. I was also having the same problem with the back leg (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Where to buy 8448?
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I haven't had any luck finding set 8448 in stores anywhere. I live in Birmingham, AL USA - any suggestions? Thanks. (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.al.bir, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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(...) This one works for me just fine. Dw (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Lego on CNN Headline News!
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Hey all, I just finished watching a video, and I started flipping through the channels and saw our favorite little brick on CNN Headline News. They started with a short history lesson on Lego, and then went on to talk about Mindstorms. They had a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Rose Parade Float
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(...) Sounds great! Anyone have any real pictures? I see a coloredful drawing at the URL above but no picture. --Todd [added lugnet.legoland.california & lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.pas to crosspost list] (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.pas)
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1. Does anybody know if the Crickets at MIT are an off the shelf microprocessor with proprietary firmware or is everything from scratch? And, 2. Has anybody built a cam-bot that can be loaded onto an Estes rocket, lauched, survive impact, deploy, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mi presento brevemente:
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Potrebbe essere con molta probabilità questa: (URL) se non ne sono del tutto sicuro. La cosa sicura è la preesistenza o coesistenza del set con l'853 e l'854 (che ho posseduto successivamente alla suddetta scatolina). (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Rose Parade Float
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(...) I was there in person (wow it was cold this year!) and I must say that it was impressive. It wasn't the best float (hopefully they do better next year) but it was pretty cool to see LEGO in the rose parade. The front part had a floral (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.pas)
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| | Re: Missing LUGNET membership packet?
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(...) Update: Another 5"-thick stack of packets was went out this afternoon. Pending the drying of the fixative on the last batch of sticker sheets, another 20 or 30 packets might be ready by the end of the evening tonight, otherwise tomorrow night, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Rose Parade Float
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If any of you missed it Legoland California had an entry in the Rose Parade held in Pasadena California. The television coverage that I saw was very short when this float went by, but there is a picture of the float on the web at: (URL) picture does (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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